Our Story
Culture is all about
Culture has been part of our lives for many thousands of years
Australia is now our new home
- Who we are
- What and how we celebrate with family and friends
- What we do to enrich our lives
- What we enjoy doing in our daily lives
Culture has been part of our lives for many thousands of years
- Sharing from family member to family member
- Sharing from generation to generation
- Sharing among different communities
Australia is now our new home
- We should preserve and pass on our cultural heritage to the next generation
- We should embrace and evolve a better cultural identity
Our Team
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Hi my name is Phebe and I was living in a country called Singapore for many years. We came to Melbourne as a family to help our kids have a more enjoyable learning process in their formal education and it has been a good experience for them.
I have been involved in the Wyndham Community for the past 11 years and have learned much from various people from all diverse cultural backgrounds. It is because I would like to contribute more to the growing community and see the importance of building good relationships with any community groups. This was how 8SENSES was evolved. The setting up of 8SENSES consisted of various contributions from many valuable friends and community groups, both in Melbourne and Singapore. It is definitely a team effort that was started from our hearts and desire to build a better community for ourselves and our children and their future children. 8SENSES look forward to providing more opportunities for the multicultural communities to be better INCLUDED, CONNECTED and maintain each IDENTITY. |
Photograph by David Mullins (Part of Faces of Wyndham Project)
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Our Goals
To bring cultural experiences and global awareness using the 5 basic senses such as:
The other 3 important unique senses are:
- SIGHT – To enjoy and admire the many colours and creative forms of artwork presented by each unique cultural background.
- HEAR – To enjoy the sounds, and music created by the many forms of musical cultural instruments or voices sung in their own language of cultural origin.
- SMELL – To smell the different flavours and scents that are available from each cultural background
- TASTE – To taste the wonderful variety of cuisines from each cultural background.
- TOUCH – To be able to feel the texture and hold or even put on any unique piece of cultural item.
The other 3 important unique senses are:
- A Sense of SELF IDENTITY
- A Sense of CULTURAL EQUALITY
- A Sense of COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY
Our Origin
The NUMBER 8 is similar to two circles joined together. It is also the symbol for infinity that represents no breaks and therefore symbolising each culture, though different, we are all linked together.
Our Mission
To provide CULTURAL EXPERIENCES in the most appropriate way where each person can identify positively with their cultural background. 8SENSES will provide reliable cultural information to our best ability for overall learning purposes.
